AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Register Asia is a significant market for startups due to its large and diverse population, as well as its rapidly growing economies. South Korea’s largest accelerator program– the K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) is the unique opportunity for global startups to enter the flourishing market of Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Register The South Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups, in collaboration with the Korea Startup Forum, is set to host the highly anticipated “COMEUP 2023,” set to take place from November 8 to 10 at the renowned Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Investments began flooding into robotics around this time. Slowed investments have been compounded by continued economic woes and the recent bank collapses have further shaken confidence. What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments? What would you like to see more of?

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register KB Financial Group has collaborated with startups to support emerging ventures proactively. The financial institution recently organized the ‘2023 HUB Day,’ a startup demo day held at the KB Innovation Hub Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 11, 2023

Register South Korea venture investment firm ‘1Billion Partners Inc. 1Billion Partners supports startups with innovative ideas and growth potential in South Korea and beyond. 1Billion Partners supports startups with innovative ideas and growth potential in South Korea and beyond.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

EO’s Most Engaging Posts on Inc.com for 2023 With a thirst for learning and a willingness to share lessons learned and insider experiences, EO members published 47 informative posts on EO’s Inc.com channel in 2023. Here are the top blog posts EO posted on Inc.com in 2023: 1. Did you catch them all?

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Register At the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) on November 16, 2023. million growers in China have received online loans through MYbank’s Tomtit system by June 2023. As of September 2023, Lark had served over 8 million users with an average credit limit increase of RMB 45,000 per customer, said Hao Jiang.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

We asked EO members to look ahead in 2023 and identify trends they see for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship overall. We’ve missed face-to-face interaction for too long; building relationships is key to winning more business in 2023. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in this sector for commercial-scale facilities.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Fintech has fallen a long way from the highs of 2021, and while 2022 was largely about the reset of the funding environment, 2023 is going to be a year of recalibration for fintech companies. Larger companies are more likely to cut back on internal innovation efforts and technology investments that are not core to the business.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The EU will invest €13.5 billion in research and innovation for 2023-2024 as part of the Horizon Europe program. The experts are predicting the Ukrainian economy will bounce back and that the investment made today will bring dividends for years to come. Up until 2018, there wasn’t a single unicorn from Ukraine.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

And while this May’s economic backdrop was markedly different from last’s , enthusiasm was high and outlooks remained positive for the startup momentum building between the coasts. We named this summit after a report we wrote with Pitchbook at the end of 2021 to explore the impact of the pandemic on investment patterns.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register The tally of recognized startups and acquisitions, burgeoning to 84,012 in 2022 from a mere 452 in 2016, is a testament to the positive impact of investment incentives and simplified business regulations, as highlighted by the Economic Survey 2022-23. billion as of March 31, 2023.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. In both cases, about 25% of their overall investments went into fintech startups. Gone are the days of investing on a whim. Do you expect to see more down rounds in 2023?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new initiative includes a strategic partnership with the highly anticipated X-PITCH 2023, a global deeptech startup competition aimed at catalyzing the widespread adoption of cutting-edge technology across diverse industries. “We see immense potential in partnering with X-PITCH.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Fifteen years later, I’m here as YC’s president kicking off our 37th Demo Day — the one celebrating the Summer 2023 batch.

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Revolution

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2023, LaserWeeders will be active across 17 U.S. Revolution Growth Invests in Carbon Robotics was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. states and three Canadian provinces. For more on Carbon Robotics, visit carbonrobotics.com.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 31, 2023

Register Vuihoc , an ed-tech platform catering to K-12 Vietnamese students, recently secured a significant US$6 million investment in a Series A funding round led by TNB Aura. Amidst the fluctuations in the world economy, Vietnam’s EdTech sector remains an attractive destination for solid investments.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The momentum of the most active 12 months ever for venture investing did not carry over well into 2022, to say the least. But if 2022 was a year of paradigm-shifting dynamics, 2023 will be a year when we’ll determine the winners and the losers — and more importantly, when crisper methods for evaluating success will emerge.

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Revolution

JULY 21, 2022

The new funding for the meat alternative startup will support rapid retail expansion, continued product development and product capabilities Meet Meati ?—?the Bring the company’s national omnichannel footprint to fruition by the end of 2023. ? market leader in plant-based meat by 2025. The funds will: ? Giga Ranch?—?capable

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Even as Y Combinator reveals the latest startups in its cohort for this winter , we have poor news for founders: the global venture capital market shrank in Q1 2023, and it would have been even worse if it were not for a few mega deals, according to Crunchbase (disclosure: my former employer) and PitchBook reports. Up is good, right?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Over 20,000 applications flew into Y Combinator, which ended up plucking out 282 startups for its latest batch. Our favorite startups from YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day — Part 1 Now we’re focused on the standouts from day two. And now we’re getting our first look at them through Demo Day. Is crypto back? We’re just having fun.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Singapore’s Jungle Ventures has announced the launch of First Cheque@Jungle , a new program aimed at investing in startups during their pre-seed and seed stages. The First Cheque program plans to leverage the expertise of experienced founders from Jungle Ventures’ current and former portfolio startups.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

High-flying venture investors in India managing hundreds of millions of dollars are tempering expectations, making early-stage startup bets that in best-case scenarios they hope will return 3 to 5 times invested capital. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 22, 2024

billion in 2023 are expected to grow to $195.6 A ni.VC , a recently announced pet venture fund, sees great investment opportunities, investing $35 million in U.S. Rickard has over 15 years in the pet industry, co-founding companies, raising $50m+, and leading the Basepaws startup to a successful acquisition by Zoetis.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Register Soho.com.au , an AI-powered real estate discovery app, has secured a $750,000 equity investment from Singapore-based proptech venture capital firm Feedback Ventures. The funding round, led by Investible, adds to the $1.65 to fund business expansion PH real estate tech startup Alternative Housing secures $1.1m

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 31, 2023

I like to think of what we’ve been going through in the tech sector/startup land/venture capital over the last year as a cleanse. This cleanse is likely to continue for most, if not all, of 2023 but I think it gets easier from here. At least for most people who work in tech and startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 27, 2023

Register The Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (headed by Minister Park Bo-gyun) conducted an investment briefing on July 24, focused on attracting investment from the UAE sovereign wealth fund for content industries, including games , dramas, and webtoons.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The downturn in the technology sector — dragged by inflation, higher interest rates and geopolitical events — continues to persist, and one of the most acutely impacted areas has been VC funding for startups, particularly those outside the U.S. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 12, 2023

Register Leading entrepreneurs and investors gathered at the ORIGIN Conference, a side event of the BEYOND International Technology Innovation Expo (BEYOND Expo) 2023, to discuss and emphasize the importance of balancing a sustainable future with business profitability in Southeast Asia.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Register Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings is set to unveil a $663 million fund dedicated to supporting startups engaged in Web3, AI, and the Metaverse. The fund’s operations are scheduled to commence by the close of the current year, with investments reaching 150-200 companies within its portfolio.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

We invest in startups leveraging the immense breadth of AI to solve critical business problems. How much salary should the CEO of a pre-revenue startup take? We expect a founder to be full-time on what they are building at the time of investment. This year has seen massive attention paid to AI, specifically generative AI.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2023

In The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 3-5 Years , I wrote about the correlation between interest rates & venture capital investing. The correlation is strong enough to build a simple prediction of early stage venture capital activity in 2023. In 2022, startups raised about $75b from VCs.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Verdane, a Norwegian private equity firm that earlier this year closed a $1 billion+ fund to make investments in scaling tech companies, is taking an 11% […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Sanjay Reddy Contributor Sanjay Reddy is a co-founding partner of Unlock Venture Partners, a firm focused on early-stage technology investments in Los Angeles and Seattle. based tech companies have already been laid off in mass job cuts in 2023, according to Crunchbase. More than 102,000 workers in U.S.-based

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 10, 2023

“For instance, the incubators in Hengqin have nurtured over 400 startups by Macau’s young entrepreneurs. Encompassing an expansive exhibition space of nearly 100,000 square meters, the three-day event hosts multinational firms, local companies, unicorn startups, new startups, and global media.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It serves as its primary investment vehicle for startups throughout the region’s growth journey, from pre-seed stages to the cusp of initial public offerings (IPOs). The firm has played a pivotal role in nurturing startups, supporting over 2,800 companies spanning more than 80 countries. billion in assets under management.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Given today’s harsh economy and reduced VC spending, startups need a critical eye when purchasing SaaS and cloud infrastructure. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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